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Table 1 Body iron status and iron chelator medication

From: Body iron status of children and adolescents with transfusion dependent β-thalassaemia: trends of serum ferritin and associations of optimal body iron control

 

Frequency [N = 54]

Percentage (%)

Serum ferritin (most recent)

 < 1000 µg/l

16

29.6

 1000–2499 µg/l

27

50.0

 2500–4999 µg/l

9

16.7

 > 4999 µg/l

2

3.7

Iron chelator medication

 Deferasirox

33

61.1

 Deferoxamine

2

3.7

 Deferasirox + deferoxamine

17

31.5

 Not on chelation

2

3.7